Films which are better than the books that they are based on

[Karen Gray]

I get the feeling you make these faces as lot.

Yup, actually properly like every minute

 

[Karen Gray]

And sometimes I be like...

Lol!

I miss my cats

 

[Jason Byrne]

 

[Jason Byrne]

What the hell, dude! That was some well-synchronized shite, right there!

 

[Jason Byrne]

Did we post right at the same time?

 

[Karen Gray]

Lol! I know right? I swear we must be related... or I'm psychic one of the two *grins and shrugs*

 

[Karen Gray]

Yeah pretty much lol

 

[Nicole Wilson]

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I appreciate that in practically every picture of you, that stormtrooper helmet is there.

 

[Karen Gray]

I appreciate that in practically every picture of you, that stormtrooper helmet is there.

I know right It's his "minder" *nods* makes sure he doesn't hurt himself at work. Either that or he perhaps troops for the dark side

 

[Nicole Wilson]

And sometimes I be like...

Lol!

I miss my cats

Haha I can't get over how pissed off both of your cats look.

 

[Karen Gray]

Haha I can't get over how pissed off both of your cats look.

Magic (the black tabby - yes she has black on black stripes) had just woke up. Nym is 1/2 Scottish Wild Cat SHe ALWAYS looks pissed lol

ever since we first got her

She was awesome. Used to sing and open doors. She acted more like a dog than a cat. (I secretly miss her most)

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Magic (the black tabby - yes she has black on black stripes) had just woke up. Nym is 1/2 Scottish Wild Cat SHe ALWAYS looks pissed lol

ever since we first got her

She was awesome. Used to sing and open doors. She acted more like a dog than a cat. (I secretly miss her most)

*tears up from the cuteness*
I'm not crying - you're crying

 

[Jason Byrne]

Magic (the black tabby - yes she has black on black stripes) had just woke up. Nym is 1/2 Scottish Wild Cat SHe ALWAYS looks pissed lol

ever since we first got her

That's what Toby's going to look like when he grows up if I don't murder him for being the Antichrist.

 

[Nicole Wilson]

That's what Toby's going to look like when he grows up if I don't murder him for being the Antichrist.

Hahaha having a little kitten trouble?

 

[Karen Gray]

Lol cats are such fun... but I'll stick to dogs. Well I have to, Gordon can't have cats now he is reactive to them Still... 7 sleeps till Saorsa comes home

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Back to movies...I would say the LOTR movies are as good as the books. They certainly improved dramatically on the dialogue over the books!

 

[Jason Byrne]

I appreciate that in practically every picture of you, that stormtrooper helmet is there.

I know right It's his "minder" *nods* makes sure he doesn't hurt himself at work. Either that or he perhaps troops for the dark side

Really finishes out the feng shui. And it was from a previous employer.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Back to movies...I would say the LOTR movies are as good as the books. They certainly improved dramatically on the dialogue over the books!

Exactly.

Movie:
“We should go through the Mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome!”
“No Gimli, I would not go through Moria unless I had no other choice.”

Book:
“Good Gimli! You encourage me. We will seek the hidden doors together. And we will come through. In the ruins of the Dwarves, a dwarf’s head will be less easy to bewuilder than Elves or Men or Hobbits. Yet it will not be the first time that I have been to Moria. I sought there long for Thrain son of Thror after he was lost. I passed through, and I came out again alive!”

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Yep! Tolkien was a historian, not a novelist, and it shows in the books...not that I haven't read them a MILLION times, mind you. Still a great story! He just needed a good editor (don't we all!) And, of course, I'm partial to the movies because I've been to many of the places where it was filmed, and it's a fun exercise to imagine...what if all that were real, and we'd come across a band of orcs while tramping...or what if there really were elves in Fiordland?

 

[Nicole Wilson]

and we'd come across a band of orcs while tramping...or what if there really were elves in Fiordland?

Wait, you mean there aren't orcs or elves walking around?

 

[Robinne Weiss]

And, cats? Ours is known as The Malevolent Beast from Hell...big brute of a vile animal...damned cute sometimes, too, but don't let him fool you.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Wait, you mean there aren't orcs or elves walking around?

No it's okay, Nicole. I looked at Fjordland — she was actually at Amon Hen, and must not have realized it.

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Well, I have seen Legolas, but at the library, not in the woods. And when the cat wakes me at 3am by hurling himself against the front door, repeatedly, for an hour, you could be forgiven for mistaking me for an orc...

 

[Jason Byrne]

Well, I have seen Legolas, but at the library, not in the woods. And when the cat wakes me at 3am by hurling himself against the front door, repeatedly, for an hour, you could be forgiven for mistaking me for an orc...

Hahaha, good ol' Malevolent Beast from Hell... is that his actual name?

 

[Nicole Wilson]

No it's okay, Nicole. I looked at Fjordland — she was actually at Amon Hen, and must not have realized it.

Whew! I'm so glad you cleared that up...

 

[Robinne Weiss]

No, his actual name is Don Gato (you know the song...Oh Senior Don Gato was a cat. On a high red roof Don Gato sat...") But he's mostly referred to as "Beast" sometimes "Vile Beast" I have only known one cat with a worse disposition. We called her "Slash". Don Gato isn't quite so bad, but he's bigger. I am never without a fresh wound from him.
But he does do a nice job on the mice and rats, so I don't tie rocks to his feet and throw him in the lake.

 

[Jason Byrne]

No, his actual name is Don Gato (you know the song...Oh Senior Don Gato was a cat. On a high red roof Don Gato sat...") But he's mostly referred to as "Beast" sometimes "Vile Beast" I have only known one cat with a worse disposition. We called her "Slash". Don Gato isn't quite so bad, but he's bigger. I am never without a fresh wound from him.
But he does do a nice job on the mice and rats, so I don't tie rocks to his feet and throw him in the lake.

Hahahaha! Good ol' Don Gato...

 

[Carol Rose]

Karen, your cats are so pretty!

 

[Marc Joan]

Haven't seen James Marinero in a long time.

He's probably incommunicado on the high seas, with no company other than the parrot on his shoulder and the dog-eared, damp-speckled books in the captain's cabin. Not a bad way to spend a couple of weeks.

 

[Marc Joan]

Exactly.

Movie:
“We should go through the Mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome!”
“No Gimli, I would not go through Moria unless I had no other choice.”

Book:
“Good Gimli! You encourage me. We will seek the hidden doors together. And we will come through. In the ruins of the Dwarves, a dwarf’s head will be less easy to bewuilder than Elves or Men or Hobbits. Yet it will not be the first time that I have been to Moria. I sought there long for Thrain son of Thror after he was lost. I passed through, and I came out again alive!”

Pah. Apples and oranges. The book dialogue wouldn't work in a film, but that's not the point. The point is, can the simplified film adaptation of a given story provide anything like the same quality of experience for the viewer as the more complex, subtle and many-layered written version does for the reader? In most cases, I think not (this thread was started because the exceptions to this rule are IMHO few and notable). As I said, I haven't seen the LOTR films, but -- a priori -- I can't imagine that they could compete with what the stories did for me when I first read them as a child. And the LOTR trailers I have seen have only consolidated my opinion - there was one (I think set in Moria) where the director had seen fit to write in some puerile joke about dwarf-tossing. Totally out of place. But perhaps I'm just out of step with the times...